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Congressman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Agriculture Institute of Marin (AIM) a $92,960 federal grant to complete the pre-development phase of the permanent home for the Marin Farmers Market. USDA awarded the grant through the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP), which aims to support local farms and ranches by developing or expanding local markets, including farmers markets. AIM plans to create a permanent farmers market at the Marin County Civic Center to elevate the Marin Farmers Market from its current status as a temporary parking lot event. The Marin Farmers Market is an award-winning, 32- year old community asset operated by AIM which sources regional quality food from small and medium-sized direct marketing producers. Banking and finance
Manage Your Money Week, a project of the State Controller’s Financial Literacy Advisory Committee recently completed. The project is designed to promote the importance of building the capacity of all Californians to make good financial decisions to achieve their goals, connect consumers to money management resources in their communities, build relationships between organizations that provide money management resources and education with other organizations whose constituents need the support and provide a framework for state, regional and local financial education groups to work in collaboration to highlight their programs and services. During Manage Your Money Week, state and local government agencies, non-profit organizations, unions, schools, libraries, financial institutions, and financial management associations will be working together in communities throughout California to host free money management education events and promote the importance of good money management practices. Programs will be offered to all demographics in multiple languages and cover all facets of personal finance from opening a checking account and managing a budget, to credit counseling, first-time home buying, planning for retirement, avoiding financial scams, and starting a business.Senior living
First Community Bank (FCB) has partnered with the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation (SHCPF), the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) and the American Bankers Association (ABA) to ensure that 40,000 Veterans living in 160 state Veteran nursing homes in the U.S. are able to live out their lives in safe, secure, enhanced quality of life environments free from the daily fear of crime, abuse, neglect, hostility and deprivation of personal freedom, as provided through the Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation’s Senior Crimestoppers program.
